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W. H. LITTE'LL 8v J. R. SC'OFIELD.

lPLANTER AND ROLLER.

Patented July 19, 1887.

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PLANTER AND RLLER.

No. 367,006. Patented July 19, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

VILLIAM HENRY LlT'lELL AND JOHN REUBEN SCOFIELD, OF CHARLES CITY, IO\VA,SAID SCOFIELD ASSIGNOR TO BENJAMIN TYLEY BAILEY,

OF SAME PLACE.

PLANTER AND ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N O. 367.006, dated July19, 1887.

Application tiled April 2l, 1F87.

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, VILLIAM HENRY LIT TELL and J oHN REUBEN SooFInLD,citizens of v the United States, residing at Charles City, in 5 thecounty of Floyd and State of Iowa, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Planters and Rollers, of which the following` is aspecification.

This invention is an improvement in plantro ers and rollers; and itconsists in certain construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of our machine. Fig. 2is a top plan view of the front part of same, and Fig. 3 is a transversevertical section drawn alongside the axles of the rollers.

The main frame in the construction shown- 2o comprises side bars, A A,rear bar,` A', front bar, A2, and intermediate cross-bar, A3, arrangedin rear of and parallel with the front bar. The ends of the axles b ofrollers Bextend into verticallyelongated bearings c c in 2 5 the sidebars, A A, and the central bearing bar, C, which bar is secured to andbetween the rear bar, A', and cross-bar A2. By means ot' these elongatedbearings the roller is free to adjust to any unevenness of the ground.

The axles b are formed-usually cast-integral with the head-plates B ofthe rollers, which plates have circumferential flanges b', to whicharebolted the slats D, constituting the face or rim of the roller.

It will be understood that we d o not claim as broadly new end platesfor rollers having anges to which the face-slats of the rollers aresecured.

The heads and axles, being made iu a single 4o piece, form a rigidconnection and avoid the necessity of connections between said parts.The end plate is formed with external radial ribs, b2, which have thesemblance of spokes.

The drivers seat D is supported on beam 45 E, which is supported on theupper ends of rods e e', the lower ends of which are connected with theframing, respectively, in rear and front of the roller. Theseat-standard is connected with the seat-beam E by a bolt, d,

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passed through a slot in said beam, so that the 5o seat may be adjustedalong said beam.

To the forward part of the main frame we secure the central beam, F,which extends forward from the main frame and supports the center of thebar G, to the ends of which the nukes H are ixed. The tubes b of thesedukes open at their upper ends under the openings i in the bottom ofseed-boxes I. The dropping-disks J are journaled above the bottomsl17,.'1nd have openings j, which are mova- 6o ble into and out ofregister with the openings 1. The said openings j are formed Haringtoward theirlower ends, so that the seed will drop freely. These disksare formed or connected with ratchet-rings J, the same being preferablyformed in the edges of the disk, as in frames 7s, attached to the slideK. Ve support pawls L M, which are spring-pressed at k', into engagementwith I-atehets J. One, L, of these pawls is a push-pawl, and the other,M, is a draw-pawl. By means of this construction the disk is given apartial rotation ateach movement of the slide, the pushpawl operating onthe forward movement of the slide and the draw-pawl on the reversemovement of such part.

rJhe slide is moved by means of a lever, N, operated by the droppen asthe person who operates this slide is called, to distinguish him fromthe driver. A seat, O, is provided 8o for this dropper, such seat beingsupported on the framing in front of the roller. A standard, P, ismounted on the framing and forms one of the supports of the droppersseat, and preferably is made in the shape of a loop or box. Thisstandard is provided with a number of bolt-holes,p, for the bolt P', onwhich the rear end of the pole Qpivots, so that the point of support ofsaid rear end may be adjusted as desired. The tongue extends forward 9othrough a keeper-frame, R, supported on the framing, usually on thecenter beam, F, and such keeper has a number of holes, r, in its sidearms, so that the bolt R', which forms a stop and is arranged above thepole and serves as a stop therefor, may be adjusted up or down.

Rods S S connect at one end with the pole, and at their rear ends withthe front of the .drawings and foregoing description.

framing, and serve to'transmit the draft force from the pole to themachine.

The marker T may be adj usted to either side of the machine, as'desired.

The operation will be understood from the It will be noticed that theWeight of the driver, when the dlr-opper is off the machine, willelevate the ukes clear of the ground. Thus at the invention, what Wedrivers seat, the beam E, the rod e', supporting b'eam E from the beamF, and the rod e, supporting such beam from therear part of' the mainframesnbstantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the framing, the roller, and dropping mechanism,the standard P, the pole pivoted thereto, and the keeper-frameR, fittedover the tongue in advance of the stand.

ard P and having a stop, R', substantially as set forth.

3. rlhe combination, in a machine substantially as herein described, ofthe main frame, the standard P, having a plurality of boltopenings, thetongue, the pivot-bolt connecting said tongue to standard P andadjustable to one or the other of the bolt-openings, a

stop-frame, and a stop adjustably supported .Y

therein, substantially as set forth.

4. The roller, axle, and head-plates formed integral and the head-plateshaving circumferential anges, combined With the face-barsor slats boltedto said flanges, substantially as set forth; v

v 5. The combination of the main frame, the center beam secured to andprojected forward from said frame, the roller, the dropping meehansm,the cross-bar G, secured to the center bar, the ukes connected with saidcross-bar, the standard P, the bolt P', the keeper-frame R, thestop-bolt R', and the pole, all substantially as and for the purposespecified.

WILLIAM HENRY LITTELL. JOHN REUBEN SCOFIELD.

Witnesses:

J. SNAvE DETWILER, GEO. F. BoULToN.

